The Songyuan courtyard was just a temporary residence, but the Ningxuan Prince was so noble that Shuangfu and Shuangshou spent a day cleaning it up, and the place was filled with many familiar smells.
Unfortunately, there were not enough rooms to set up a separate study room. Shuangfu asked the steward to set up a beauty couch, and ordered the servants to carry it into the courtyard, and then spread the blanket brought from the palace on it. He found a laurel tree with lush branches and leaves in the courtyard, and placed a stone table, a few chairs, and a chessboard around it, thus creating a leisurely and comfortable place, which was perfect for reading books, practicing calligraphy, and basking in the spring sun.
As soon as Rong Tang returned to the yard, he was pleasantly surprised by Shuangfu. With shining eyes, he walked over quickly and didn't move.
Su Huaijing found it amusing, and resigned himself to going back to his room, he took out a few storybooks and the snacks that he had asked Xingfeng to buy before coming here, sorted them into plates, and placed them all on a small tray on the stone table in the yard.
Rong Tang had taken off his shoes and sat on the small couch. He had just felt a little cold after being blown by the wind on the island in the middle of the lake, but after walking this distance, his body warmed up a little and he no longer felt cold.
Su Huaijing prepared all the scripts he was going to read and the snacks he was going to eat, then sat aside peacefully to tend to the two peonies.
Su Huaijing didn't bring scissors when he picked the flowers. Rong Tang glanced at them casually and saw that the cut ends were extremely sharp and smooth.
He secretly clicked his tongue, thinking that the villain's fighting power was indeed not to be underestimated.
only…
Isn't it a waste of talent to use it to pick two flowers
Rong Tang's fingers were stuck on the pages of the book for a long time without moving. Su Huaijing caught a glimpse of him staring at him in a trance, and the corners of his lips raised a little in satisfaction, like a beast that had been successfully appeased.
The porcelain basin for storing water was found in the storehouse. It was a shallow blue basin with two two-color koi painted on the bottom. Su Huaijing filled half of the basin with water and put a few smooth, round stones in it. He then broke off a branch of osmanthus, removed the leaves and branches, compared them, cut off the excess parts, and placed it in the pot at an angle as a base.
Both peonies had double petals, one pink and white, the other yellow and white. Their colors were exactly the same as the camellias seen in Tanghua Courtyard and Yong'an Lane in early March. Rong Tang couldn't tell whether it was a coincidence or Su Huaijing did it on purpose.
He just stared at Su Huaijing's movements in a trance. The big villain's slender fingers casually brushed across the petals, occasionally hooking up a little water drop in the basin, condensing on the fingertips, and then gently falling with a "puff", stirring up ripples on the water surface in the basin. The rippling water waves passed over the two-colored koi, like a fish swimming in the waves, which was particularly interesting.
The warm light fell through the gaps in the osmanthus tree, jumping and landing on Su Huaijing's eyelashes bit by bit. Coupled with that expression that was particularly pleasing to the eye even when arranging flowers, Rong Tang couldn't help but sigh for the thousand and first time that the big villain was really super super good-looking.
"Tangtang." Su Huaijing suddenly called him, his brows and eyes were gentle, he lowered his eyes to look at the flowers in the porcelain pot, and asked with a smile: "What are you looking at?"
Rong Tang was very honest: "I'm looking at you."
Su Huaijing was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows slightly raised, and his eyes moved from branch to branch in the pot, as if he was looking for a more suitable position for the support, or as if he was looking at his little Bodhisattva through the water, and asked casually: "Is it beautiful?"
Rong Tang nodded: "It looks good."
The young master is so thin-skinned that people can't bear to tease him, but when he unknowingly says something that he thinks is honest, it will provoke others to want to tease him.
Su Huaijing paused for a moment, and the scissors in his hand fell into the wrong place, accidentally cutting a piece too much.
Su Huaijing felt a little regretful, but then he heard Rong Tang say seriously, "You are really good-looking, Huaijing."
Then that little bit of regret disappeared without a trace. Su Huaijing was rarely distracted when doing something, and even had the urge to not continue.
The handle of the scissors was wrapped with rope, and it felt rough and prickly. Su Huaijing slid his fingertips over it twice, and couldn't help but put it aside. He also threw the peony into the clear water, raised his eyes to look at Rong Tang, and said in a low voice, as if coaxing or deceiving: "Tangtang, say it again."
Rong Tang was slightly startled, frowned slightly in alertness, and leaned back a little.
Su Huaijing sat in a chair, raised his eyes and looked at Rong Tang, his phoenix eyes sparkling like a hunter setting a net.
Rong Tang hesitated for a few moments and said, "You seem to be deceiving me."
Su Huaijing was a little agitated when he didn't hear the answer he wanted. He let his hands hang down by his side and accurately found the waist plaque with the words "happiness, longevity and good fortune" carved on it through his robe. He twisted it soothingly, feeling a little aggrieved and with a little subtle resentment: "It was obviously Brother Tangtang who seduced me first."
Rong Tang: “…”
Su Huaijing fished the peony out of the water again, lowered his head, didn't look at Rong Tang, and only said: "Brother Tangtang wanted to read a storybook, I found it for you; if you wanted to eat snacks, I prepared it for you; if you wanted to bask in the sun and enjoy the breeze, I also asked Shuangfu to arrange it... Originally, you read the storybook and I arranged the flowers, and we got along well—"
He paused, glanced at Rong Tang, and reiterated: "You were the one who seduced me first."
"You're not admitting it after you hooked up with him." The lower Su Huaijing's voice became, the more Rong Tang felt something was wrong. In the end, the villain's voice was as low as a mosquito's hum, but Rong Tang felt his face burning.
But Su Huaijing sighed softly, as if he had given in, and seemed very aggrieved: "If you don't want to admit it, then don't admit it. Anyway, I can't do anything to you."
Rong Tang: “???”
Rong Tang: “!!!”
You are just deceiving me!!!
Rong Tang was horrified. His eyes widened as big as copper bells as he stared at Su Huaijing's head, racking his brains to think of what to say to shut him up.
The system said faintly: [Don't think about the host, you can't beat him. ]
Rong Tang stubbornly retorted: "I don't believe it."
The system ruthlessly shattered his fantasy: [Do you need me to help you recall how many times your wife has asked you to surrender in this tone that sounds like anger, resentment, blame, and concession? ]
Rong Tang: “…”
"He really has no baggage at all." Rong Tang said angrily.
The system snorted coldly, thinking that he didn't need any baggage when he was chasing his wife, but his own host was like a little idiot who couldn't see anything.
The system seemed to be disappointed with the student, so it was silent for two seconds and then said: [But I can give you some advice.]
Rong Tang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Thank you! My dear Tongzi!"
system:[…]
The system froze for two seconds, then said, "Tell him some exaggerated truths and see who can hold his nerve."
Rong Tang: “?”
System: [For example, if you think the villain is very good-looking, you can say he is 100% good-looking; if you think the villain is very smart, you can say he is 100% smart.]
"Sincerity is the ultimate weapon?" Rong Tang concluded.
The system is very proud: [Hmm! ]
Rong Tang frowned and was silent for a moment, but then said, "But he is 1001% handsome and 1001% smart. How can I praise him?"
[…]
The data flow froze for a moment, and the white ball of light floated in the system space for a long time. Finally, it came back to life like a god, without any expression on its face. But it seemed extremely angry, and with an overwhelming force, it smashed itself down hard, accurately into the arms of the little fool sitting on the beauty couch.
The system jumped back and forth many times, trying to tire its host to death with its weight: [You’re doomed!!!]
After saying this angrily, it immediately went offline and hibernated to avoid being angered to death by its host.
Rong Tang called out twice but couldn't get him to come out. He sighed silently in his heart, and recovered from the panic caused by Su Huaijing's teasing just now. He lowered his body and began to stare at him arranging flowers attentively, and then said, "You look very beautiful."
Su Huaijing was stunned for a moment: "Hmm?"
Rong Tang said: "Didn't you ask me to say it again? You are super beautiful, Su Huaijing."
All the flowers in Song Garden have been cultivated. Sheng Chengxing spends tens of thousands of dollars on the gardening expenses of this manor every year. Peonies fall on the white knuckles, pink and white contrasting with each other, and their reflections fall in the water, just like the most beautiful embroidery done by the best Suzhou embroiderer on silk.
Su Huaijing had already put a peony into the basin. Rong Tang leaned over and touched it. His fingertips touched the cool water droplets. He said, "You are very beautiful, smart, gentle, patient, and considerate. You can cook, make kites, and even arrange flowers..."
Rong Tang paused, his eyes moved from the peony petals to Su Huaijing's profile, thought for a moment, and said, "Still very strong."
"Su Huaijing, you are simply the best person in the world." Rong Tang said softly.
—I'm going to give you one thousand and one points.
The red-painted attic is within easy reach. If you stand on it and take a quick look, you will see that this manor is filled with a hazy luxury from inside to outside.
Some are calling friends to hang out, while others are drinking.
And under the red-painted attic, in the scattered light and shadow cast by a sweet-scented osmanthus tree, the person who said he wanted to read the storybook was watching others arranging flowers, while the person who was supposed to arrange the flowers forgot what to do.
Su Huaijing was stunned for a long time, and felt a sense of unreality that was almost like auditory hallucination.
He blinked very lightly, and his crow-feather-like eyelashes fluttered.
So Rong Tang found another point to compliment her: "Your eyelashes are so long and curled. Wow - your eyes are so beautiful!"
These words would sound false and artificial if said by anyone else, but coming from the mouth of Prince Rong, they were so sincere that one could not have any false thoughts.
Su Huaijing pulled himself out of that unreality and smiled: "Does Tangtang like it?"
Rong Tang: "What?"
Su Huaijing placed the last peony in place and pushed the porcelain basin a little further away. It fell under the dim light and shadow of spring day. When the wind blew, it seemed as if fish came alive and flew towards the flower. All kinds of beautiful scenes fell into the spring garden.
Su Huaijing wiped his hands with a handkerchief and asked the person who praised him so generously: "I am beautiful, smart, gentle, patient, and considerate... Don't you like Tangtang?"
I made a web, covered it with soft grass and put tempting berries on it.
You'll jump in on your own initiative, right
(End of this chapter)